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No'. 6I3,93|. Patented Nov. 8, |898'. J. W. MORRISON & J. E. TRACY.

DISPLAY RACK -AND MEASURER.

(Application med Nov. 3o, 1897.) (N o M o d e I.)

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No. 613,931. Patented Nov. a, 1898.

` J.'W. MORRISON J. E. TRACY.

DISPLAY RACK AND MEASURER.

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JOI-IN w. MORRISON AND JOHN I1. TRACY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,ASSIGNORS' TO TI-IE MOUND CITY WOOD NOVELTY COMPANY, or SAME PLACE;

DISPLAY-RACK AND MEASURER.

SPECIICATION forming pare of Letters Patent No. 613,931, dated November8, 1895.

Application filed November 30, 1897. Serial No. 660,287. (No model.)

To all whom, t may Concern.-

Be itknown that we, JOHN W. MORRISON and JOHN E. TRACY, of the City ofSt. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Display-Racks, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part hereof.

Our invention relates to display-racks; and it consists of the novelconstruction, combination, and arrangement of parts hereinafter shown,described, and claimed, and is animprovement on the invention describedin our application for patent on display-racks, iiled August 23, 1897,Serial No. 649,235.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved rack. Fig. 2 is a frontview thereof. Fig. 3

is an enlarged detail sectional view taken ap' proximately on the line 33 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is an inverted plan View taken looking in thedirection indicated by the arrowl 4 in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a plan view ofthe right-hand end Of the cuttingtab1e. Fig. 6 is a detail sectionalView taken approximately On the line 6 6 of Fig. 2.

In the construction of the improved rack a pair of standards 10 and 11are mounted upon suitable supporting-bases 12, and said standards areframed together at their lower ends by the cross-bar 13. A bar 14 isframed into and connects the top ends of the standards 10 and 11, theends of said cross-bar extending a short distance beyond each of saidstandards. Fixed to the ends of the transverse bar 14 and extendingforwardly therefrom are brackets 15, in which are formed suitableapertures or recesses for receiving the ends of the rods or shafts onwhich the goods to be displayed are lrolled. A series of recesses 16 isformed in the inner face of the standard 10, while in the oppositestandard 11 a series of lrecesses 17 is formed, said recesses 16 and 17being for the purpose of receiving the ends of the rods upon which thenarrower widths of goods are rolled.

Fixed to and extending horizontally from the standards 10 and 11 are thearms or brackets 18, and extending between said brackets 18 and havingits ends secured to the front edges of the standards 10 and 11 is abracebar 19. Fixed to the top edges and outer ends of the brackets 18 isthe horizontal bar 20, which may be termed a cutting-table, and to theright-hand end of the rear edge of said cutting-table is pivoted the endof a supporting-rod 21. To the under side of the cutting-table 2O andprojecting forwardly therefromfare the plates 22, the purpose of whichwill be hereinafter described. Hinged to the left-hand end of thecutting-table 2O is a bar 23, in the top edge of which is formed acontinuous groove 24, Vand in the front edge of said bar 23 is formed alongitudinally-extending continuous groove 25. An aperture26 is formedin the right-hand end of the bar 23, and when said bar is in its normalposition upon the cutting-table a pin 27 projects upwardly fromv saidcutting-table through its aperture 26, thereby correctly positioning thebar 23. A hook 28, carried by the right-hand end of the bar 23, engagesan eye on the end of the cutting-table 20.

Fixed to and projecting rearwardly from the rear edge of the bar 23 atpoints adjacent its ends are brackets 29, in which are journaled theends of the roller 30. A tensionstrip 31 has its ends secured to thefront edge ofthe bar 23, and said tension-strip extends the entirelength of said bar.

32 indicates a sliding block, in the under side of which is formed a rib33, which lits in the groove 24, and a lip 34 projects down- Aformed atits lower end, is secured to the front edge of the block 32 in such amanner that said cutting edge rides directly upon the top surface of thecutting-table 20. One of the screws 36, that passes through the plate 35to hold it to the block 32, passes through the lip 34 and into thelongitudinally-extending groove 25. In this manner the sliding block 32is held to the bar 23.

Pivoted to the sides Of the standards 10 and 11 at points adjacent totheir lower ends are bars 37, to the upper ends of which is fixed atransversely-extending bar 38, the forward end of which normallyoccupies a position immediately above the forward edge of thecutting-table 2O in Contact with the said cuttingplate 35. A block 39 issecured to the under IOO side of the center of the bar 38, and aswinging latch 40 extends forwardly from the block 3f). A pin 4lprojects upwardly from the latch 40, and when the bar 38 is against thefront edge of the cutting-table the pin 4l engages in the segmentalgroove 42 formed in the under side of the center of said cuttingtable,thus holding the bar 38 in its normal position. Blocks 43 are secured tothe outer faces of the standards in such positions as to form stops forthe lower ends of the bars 37 when the upper ends of said bars are swungdownwardly. Said stop-blocks are located in such positions that themeasuring-bar 38, carried by the upper ends ot' the bars 37, will bestopped at a predetermined distance from the front edge of thecutting-table 20-for instance, eighteen inches or a half-yard from thefront edge of the cutting-table. The positions of the measuring-bar38and swinging bars 37 when at their lowermost limit of movement areindicated bythe dotted lines A, Fig. l.

To the inner face of the standard 1l is secured a block 44, to which isfulcrumed a hand-lever 45. To the rear end ot said handlever is pivoteda pin 46, that slides through an aperture formed in the standard ll,saidpin being a slight distance below the stop-block 43, that is fixed tothe outside face of said standard 1l. To the forward portion of thehand-lever 45 and in front of the pivot-point is attached one end of abar 47, the end of which passes through an aperture formed in thestandard lO, which aperture is in alinement with the aperture throughwhich the pin 46 passes. lVhen the hand-lever 45 is moved toward theleft, the pin 46 and end of the bar 47 will slide through theirapertures or bearings and form stops for the lower ends of the swingingbars 37, which stops allow the measuring-bar 38 to move only half thedistance previously mentioned. This position of the measuring-bar andthe bars 37 is indicated by dotted lines B in Fig. l. Suitable braces 48are interposed between the lower ends of the standards l0 and 1l.

In the practical use of the rack the wider lengths ot' oil-cloth or likematerial are 1ocated between the brackets l5, while the short lengthsare located between the standards 10 and ll. The ends of the rolls ot'the material can be allowed to hang down in order to display thedifferent patterns of said material. Then it is desired to m'easure andeut 01T a portion of one of the rolls, the sliding block 32 is moved tothe right-hand end ot the bar 23, after which said bar iselevated to theposition shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The end of the material is nowpassed beneath the roller 30, over the top surface of the cutting-table20, and onto the forwardly-extending plates 22. The bar 23 is now swungdownwardly upon the cutting-table 20, and after the hook 28 has beensecured the latch 40 is swung to the right and to the left to disengagethe pin 4l from the groove 42, after which the operator manually engagesthe free end of the material which is held out by the plates 22 and,pressing the edge of said material against the under side of themeasuring-bar 38, moves said bar to its downward limit of movement, thuspulling said material through between the bar 23 and cuttingtable 20,which movement measures off a half-yard of said material. This measuringoperation or downward swinging of the measuring-bar 38 is repeated untilthe desired length of material is measured off, it only being necessaryto grasp the material when the measuring-bar 38 is at its upward limitof movement and pull said materialdownwardly with the downward movementof the measuring-bar. The use of the hand-lever45 and stops operatedthereby is obvious, it only being necessary to manipulate saidhand-lever in the proper direction to push said stops outwardly and thusmeasure a quarter of a yard with each action of the bars 37 andmeasuring-bar 38. After the desired length of material has been measuredoft the block 32 is manually moved along the bar 23, and the knife-edgeof the plate 35 will sever the material at a point immediately in frontof the tension-bar 3l. As said block 32 moves along said tension-bar 3lwill depress the same and the material immediately beneath said block 32will be held immovable while the knife passes through said material. Theroller 30 gives a certain amount ot tension to the material and at thesame time guides it freely between the cutting-table 20 and bar 23.Vthen the bar 23 is swung upwardly, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.2, it can be held in said upper position by swinging the rod 2l upwardlyand engaging the end of said rod in the aperture 26.

A display-rack constructed in accordance with the foregoing descriptionoccupies a comparatively small floor-space, holds and displays the goodsin a satisfactory manner, and the cutting and measuring attachments aresimple in construction and operation, and much time and labor are savedby their use.

Ve claim- In a display-rack of the class described, a pair of standardssuitably framed together, a cutting-table carried by and extendingtransversely in front of said standards, eutting mechanism carried bysaid table, a measuring-frame pivoted to and swinging forwardly anddownwardly from the standards, a pair of fixed stops carried by saidstandards for limiting the movement of said measuringrack, and a pair ofmovable stops for limiting the movement of said measuring-rack,substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN W. MORRISON. JOI-IN E. TRACY. Witnesses:

ALBERT J. MCOAULEY, W. F. LITTLE.

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